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Timeline Of The Near Future
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.
2074
2185
2057
2014
2. Transit of Venus on June 11.
2017
2134
2082
2247
3. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.
2187
2077
2197 September 2
2017
4. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.
2243 On August 12 at 04
2014
2020
2051
5. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.
2114
2025
2279
2014
6. Long-duration lunar eclipse of approximately 106.1 minutes.
2123 June 9
2223
2240
2182
7. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
2039
2084
2223
2067
8. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.
2015
2221
2243 On August 12 at 04
2017
9. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.
2018
2134
2177
2022
10. FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.
2148
2114
2022
2168 July 5
11. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
2107
2279
2221
2022
12. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.
2014
2134
2134
2187
13. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.
2177
2023
2016
2113
14. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.
2255
2057
2082
2049
15. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.
2047
2168 July 5
2020
2126
16. Triple conjunction Mars
2016
2187
2197 September 2
2014
17. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.
2074
2185
July 16 - 2186
2023
18. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C
2123 June 9
2013
2177
2247
19. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.
~2250
2014
2243 On August 12 at 04
2051
20. Information on the Falklands War declassified.
2047
2082
2015
2177
21. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.
2074
2015
2084
2076
22. Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.
2107
2015
2016
2170
23. On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar) - the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7 - this will be the first time in history since its inception that the G
2022
2020
2049
2100
24. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.
2032
2076
2029
2020
25. The planetoid 90377 Sedna reaches perihelion.
2017
2051
2197 September 2
2076
26. The maximum calendar year limit within the Microsoft Windows XP - Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2099
2125 December 8
2028
2021
27. Triple conjunction Mars
2038
2185
2123 June 9
2084
28. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.
2020
2025
2100
2134
29. The maximum calendar year limit within the Microsoft Windows XP - Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2099
2051
2123
2074
30. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.
2021
2014
2187
2279
31. Return of Halley's Comet.
2015
2126
2209
2023
32. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.
2025
2017
2182
2100
33. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -
July 16 - 2186
2084
2134
2017
34. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.
2023
2077
2019
2221
35. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.
2209
2185
2019
2123
36. 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.
2036
2032
2076
2016
37. Transit of Mercury.
2251
2021
2039
2061
38. Information on the Falklands War declassified.
2082
2240
2100
2107
39. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.
2243 On August 12 at 04
2113
2107
2017
40. Transit of Venus.
2177
2125 December 8
2021
2051
41. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.
2160
2020
2065
2255
42. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.
2255
2061
2028
2197 September 2
43. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World
2028
2015
2134
2023
44. The planetoid 90377 Sedna reaches perihelion.
2076
2082
2082
2021
45. Triple conjunction Mars
2125 December 8
2074
2223
2170
46. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.
~2250
2077
2014
2100
47. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.
2221
2022
2170
~2250
48. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.
2049
2038
2047
2021
49. March 17
2032
2168 July 5
2240
2160
50. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.
2185
2015
2065
2017